The #2 Teleco

10 May 2002


WorldCom’s debt was slashed to ”junk” levels by Moody’s and Fitch, as the telecom company’s banks asked that it put up collateral to secure $5 billion it is seeking in credit lines. The three-notch downgrade raised speculation the firm eventually will have to file for bankruptcy-court protection. [Wall Street Journal]

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